Building Family Ties with Faith, Love, and Laughter (Faithful Families) [Hardcover]

Dave Stone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 8, 2012 | Series: Faithful Families

Creative ideas, real-life stories, and Scriptural guidance for being the family that loves being together.  

Building Family Ties with Faith, Love, and Laughter is the second of three books in the Faithful Families series where Dave applies his practical, conversational, and humorous approach to the challenge of building strong spiritual ties to each other as a family. Topics include: Contentment, Security, Loyalty, Gratitude, Spontaneity, Communication, and more. 

Preaching is his gift, but Pastor Dave Stone’s family is his life’s blessing. While raising three kids with his wife, Beth, as well as shepherding the diverse families of his congregation, his heart, and passion for building strong families rings louder than ever. He knows that raising faithful families is a key to the future of the church.  

"Dave's book is full of no nonsense, common sense suggestions, and biblically inspired truth. As a parent of two "under construction" children still finding their way in a fallen world, I am keenly aware of the importance of living a life of faithful integrity in order to actually teach it to our kids. I, of course, have failed miserably on occasion. But then, I didn't have Dave's book like you do!"—Kathie Lee Gifford

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Dave Stone is senior pastor of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, where he preaches Truth to more than 22,000 people each weekend. He and his wife, Beth, have three children: Savannah, Sadie, and Sam, and a son-in-law, Patrick. Dave believes the most practical way to spread the gospel is through moms and dads who model a genuine faith for their children.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (May 8, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400318726
• ISBN-13: 978-1400318728
• Product Dimensions: 0.7 x 5.2 x 7.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,026,899 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Building Family Ties with Faith, Love, and Laughter Review December 12, 2012

By G. B. Vallance

Format:Hardcover

Building Family Ties with Faith, Love, and Laughter is a book focusing on how to connect better with your kids and why we do that. Dave Stone's approach is casual and approachable and I found myself giving a lot of thought so suggestions and solutions that he suggests. I've read some reviews that say He doesn't get to the nitty gritty or that he makes things sound too perfect. I think his approach to this book is less to look at any roots of parental and family issues and more on just how to connect and build bonds with each other. The book lays the foundations on why its good to connect and put the smartphone down and connect face to face. The book then delves into stories and ways to connect, trying to get the reader to think how this can be applied to their lives. Overall a recommended book for ideas to connect as a family. If you're looking for more of a "parenting"/discipline book "Love and Logic" is recommended. Full Disclosure, I received this book from Booksneeze.com for my honest review. All the opinions expressed are my own.

5.0 out of 5 stars fight passivity October 27, 2012

By Jared A. Young

Format:Kindle Edition

This follow up book to "Raising Your Kids to Love the Lord" is an excellent companion to further ground you in building a healthy family around biblical principles. These books are on the reread shelf because of the principles and concepts within in the book. The best part of this book is the way the author, Dave Stone, doesn't talk down to you or make you feel like you've been doing it wrong all these years, and that he has been doing it right (unlike some other parenting/family books I have read). This book helped me with my family especially during a recent major transition we had to endure with our two small kids. If you are willing to let your collar loose and be a little more uninhibited with your kids, you too can build family ties with faith, love and laughter.

I highly recommend this book to any new husband or new father who is seeking a way to be a better leader for his family. Passivity has taken captive so many men and this book makes a subtle attempt to break those chains of passive bondage.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Parenting Advice, very practical September 28, 2012

By mama of 2 boys

Format:Kindle Edition

The book talks about developing a family mission statement and how this will give your family direction, a focus that holds your family together. Secondly, I like how Stone talks about the importance of a family dinner table time. While we do this at home, we are quite lax when the boys want to be excused after eating. Stone through his insightful stories, helped me fast forward in my mind the teen years when our boys might try to get away with this and how that can be risky during those critical years. He gives ideas on how you can establish routines during dinner including developing fun and silly questions ahead of time to create bonds with your family. I'm excited about implementing Stone's Good, Better, Best principle in our family. It's a method in which as a family we discuss what is a Good response to a situation encountered and what would be a better or best response? The author gives the example of being a friend's house for dinner and a good response is, `thank you for dinner, may I be excused?' A better response is, `this dinner was really great! I liked the chicken, May I be excused?' The best response is, `Thank you for dinner. I really liked the chicken. Do you need any help cleaning up?'
This book is jam packed with stories and ideas of how to develop and strengthen your family. I highly recommend this parenting book. It is a quick read and you can determine which methods to implement. As for me, we might be implementing them all.
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